News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Victims were remembered and calls for justice renewed on Friday as the nation observed the 13th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.The eight-storey building, whic...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman attended office on Saturday, although it was a public holiday, and called on officials to gear up the implementation process of the government’s election manifesto.The move, similar to last...
Bangla Press Desk: Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday said anyone involved in institutional corruption will not only lose their job but also face imprisonment.The minister said the government has declared zero tolerance for corruption and...
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Bangla Press Desk: Two popular content creators of Bangladesh faced racist slurs during their recent trip to Antarctica.As the winds of political change blew in Bangladesh, the country’s most popular travel YouTuber, Salahuddin Sumon, set sail...
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Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain has said that doctors will be given postings according to their preferences, but that they must regularly conduct field visits and cannot remain confined to their...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police has filed a charge sheet against 25 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former ministers Obaidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, in a case lodged over t...
Bangla Press Desk: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the new government is working to make state institutions, long rendered ineffective, functional and properly institutio...
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Bangla Press Desk: Former adviser to the interim government M Sakhawat Hossain has spoken publicly about the issue of 7.62mm bullets, saying he had intended to launch an inquiry into the matter.He made the remarks in an interview with a private...
Bangla Press Desk: Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan has said that Family Cards must be distributed transparently and without nepotism to ensure that genuine beneficiaries receive government assistance.He stated that in e...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) staged a protest march on Friday demanding exemplary punishment for those involved in recent rape, murder and violence incidents and ensuring safety for women and children....
Bangla Press Desk: Water Resources Minister Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Anee has said that the canal excavation programme is a “revolution” and a “movement” that was initiated nearly 45 years ago by martyred President Ziaur Rahman. He described it...
Bangla Press Desk: Local goons snatched a 15-year-old girl from her father’s custody during an outdoor trip, and killed her –days after the family had sought justice against the culprits for raping the minor in an earlier assault.The abduction happen...
Bangla Press Desk: Election Tribunal of the High Court (HC) has instructed the court to take into custody all the ballot papers, result sheets and relevant documents of three constituencies in response to allegations of rigging filed by the Jamaat-e-...
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